BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION

Youth for Society (YSO) is a national non-governmental not-for-profit organization, established in 8 March 2021, with Afghanistan Ministry of Economy (MoEC). The core of our organizational philosophy, at YSO, is to provide humanitarian support, to the vulnerable communities of Afghanistan, based on the principles of the sociocultural values of our country and to provide innovative, socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable human development solutions through research, dialogue, networking, partnerships, and solutions exchange. YSO is an indigenous organization that seeks to invest resources, efforts, time and energies in interventions responsive to the local needs, backed by evidence from the ground collected through close consultations with the local communities, formal and informal institutions. We seek opportunities to develop programs and projects and provide services to contribute to communities’ relief, rehabilitation, and development. We believe that without the proactive and enterprising role of women & Youths in the development process, the development narrative in Afghanistan would be a farce. Youths and women development and empowerment is an essential and key area of our focus. During the last 2 years, YSO has continued its cooperation with many other organizations.